HEAT WAVE!!!

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:12 pm

Since the sun has come up, it's gotten up to a whopping 21 degrees.

Keep your bullshit weather to yourselves, Upper Mexicans.

Fuck a buncha arctic air. Now They're saying it won't crack freezing for another week?

Are you fucking serious?

I signed up for 40 and raining... not this shit.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:20 pm

Yesterday’s high up here in God’s Country was 47. Within about 12 hours it was down to zero. Talk about change (I blame Obama).

longtimelistener2 · Post by **longtimelistener2** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:22 pm

Wheres Al Gore when you need him.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:23 pm

longtimelistener2 wrote:Wheres Al Gore when you need him.

Hey, I thought you died!

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:31 pm

At 10:00 am yesterday it was 60 degrees in KC. By 10:30 it had dropped to 30 and this morning it was 2. I've never seen an arctic front like this that dropped temps so far, so fast. Winter doesn't officially start for another week or so.

I'd like to take every global warming screeching honk and freeze their balls in liquid nitrogen.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:32 pm

"Cooling temperatures illustrate how fast the world is warming."

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:43 pm

How cold is it in the U&L?

So freaking cold that LTL2 rose from his grave because the ground was too cold, that's how cold.

War Wagon wrote:I've never seen an arctic front like this that dropped temps so far, so fast.

Not sure I've ever spent a week below freezing in my lifetime (except working in the mountains).

And when we do get the infrequent arctic snaps, it doesn't last a week, and it doesn't happen during what are technically "fall" days -- if it happens, late December is fairly early, first week of February is on the late side of things.

The east wind is ripping out of The Gorge at up to 60MPH. That's a special kind of evil, right there.

Supposed to dump more snow Wednesday. There's another word for two snowstorms on the valley floors in the same week in the U&L -- it's called "The Apocolypse."

Ain't like there's too many snowplows and whatnot running around the lowlands -- since they can sit for a couplefew years without being used, it's easier to shut down the city for a few days rather than spend nonexistent money on rarely used stuff. The fuckers running the busses always have their act together, though, and can usually get you where you need to go.

Fuck this.

On the bright side, I have two things going for me right now:

A) I've got beer

B) I'm not AP

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:47 pm

21 degrees?

Your vagina is spouting because it's 21 degrees? Holy thermal medical truss, batman...what's next, a tragic thread about a raindrop hitting you in the melon?

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:51 pm

Pussy.

12 degrees here, but feels like it's about -10. And my penis is still intact.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:52 pm

Currently 63 degrees in Bethesda, Md., and not a cloud in the motherfuckin' sky. RACK US WASHINGTONIANS.

Suck on that, losers.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:56 pm

PSUFAN wrote:21 degrees?

Your vagina is spouting because it's 21 degrees?

Wind chill is below zero on an occasion.

Holy thermal medical truss, batman...what's next, a tragic thread about a raindrop hitting you in the melon?

Are you retarded? (Rhetorical question.)

I'm born and raised in Portland Fucking Oregon. It's December -- raindrops are supposed to be hitting my melon (except for that hat thingy). And it's supposed to be 45+ degrees with some miniscule mist droplets occasionally cooling my grille.

Just because you signed on for shitass, life-killing, can't do shit outside, soul-sucking winters, it doesn't mean the rest of us did.

Cool and soggy is fine. Several steps below freezing is not.

C'moooooon, March! Get here already. I've had my fill of the arctic air for the next 5 years (which is how long it's been since the last round... although that was only 4 days' worth, and we didn't have a sticking snowflake on the ground for 6 years before that).

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:03 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Pussy.

Because I don't want to play disc golf when it's 21 degrees? (I think we're up to 22 now.)

Tell you what -- you give me some pointers on dealing with SHITASS, FUCKED UP weather, and I'll give advice on driving through floodwaters and how to survive a mountain pass in a winter storm (mountains... where this shitass fucking weather belongs).

Forcast high for Timberline on Mt. Hood was 5 today. Maybe some New Yorkers/Texans will try to climb the fucker today (probably some 100MPH winds up at the top... but don't let that stop you, greenhorns).

But you people have some funny ideas... bear in mind, I do kinda live very close to the snowiest place on Planet Fucking Earth. Gets cold there, too. That doesn't mean I'm any fucking happier that it came down the hill and took up residence at my house.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:06 pm

my penis is still intact.

Jeez...now you're just taunting Kid Gashville, eh? Do you need me to block your PM box for a few hours now?

Dins, burn the corpses of a few foolhardy climbers, if you're too cold...although knees knocking together might deter KN from mounting you missionary style.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:08 pm

dipshit kids here get dropped off at school in t shirt and shorts. you could put on a coat, you know.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:11 pm

War Wagon wrote:At 10:00 am yesterday it was 60 degrees in KC. By 10:30 it had dropped to 30 and this morning it was 2. I've never seen an arctic front like this that dropped temps so far, so fast. Winter doesn't officially start for another week or so.

I'd like to take every global warming screeching honk and freeze their balls in liquid nitrogen.

because seriously, december, cold fronts, and shifts in temp related to whether or not the sun is up are absolutely mind blowing.

Bucmonkey · Post by **Bucmonkey** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:18 pm

Almost 80 here, may have to turn on the AC.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:19 pm

It's so cold in the P
I think I need an AM drink

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:20 pm

Dinsdale wrote: Keep your bullshit weather to yourselves, Upper Mexicans.

...40 and raining...

About what we've got going on right now. Well maybe in the 50s but it was a lot colder before dawn.

My yard and all the towing services are loving it.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:22 pm

Bucmonkey wrote:Almost 80 here, may have to turn on the AC.

My buddy/occasinal coworker was supposed to be at work in South Carolina this morning.

Not such a good day to travel across the USA.

Says he wore longjohns, and appropriate clothing for a commute to the airport and the possibility of being stranded on the hiway or whatnot.

Says when he got to Houston (where I think he still might be), he just about died of a freaking heatstroke when he got out of the airport.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:22 pm

I'm certain there is a perfectly logical explanation for how global warming's fukking with ocean currents has turned the "good ocean" into an asshole this week.

Mikey, get yer fat hippy ass in here and 'splain it to us knuckle dragging global warming denie...denigh...de.. doubters.

Bucmonkey · Post by **Bucmonkey** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:26 pm

We have actually had some unusually cold weather followed by highs way above normal here. /boggle at the shit you northeasterners are dealing with right now.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:26 pm

Mikey wrote:My yard and all the towing services are loving it.

See, Flyover Fucks?

These people have moved here by the hundreds of thousands, and yup, you read it right...

These mindbogglingly stupid people smash their cars up when it rains.

Remember, you just heard it straight from the horse's mouth.

Now, imagine sharing the icy roads... bearing in mind said roads are quite hilly here... with people who don't have the driving ability to keep their vehicle in one lane or one piece because the road is wet.

They're a real treat to be around in winter, and the funny part is, they seem to lack any and all ability to adapt to the local conditions, regardless of tenure here. It would be funny, if I didn't have to deal with it daily.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:36 pm

Dinsdale wrote:It's so cold in the P
I think I need an AM drink

How da fuck you posta get a parking lot Piece?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:44 pm

smackaholic wrote: Mikey, get yer fat hippy ass in here and 'splain it to us knuckle dragging global warming denie...denigh...de.. doubters.

This post pretty much sums up "global warming."

So politicized, it's become high comedy.

The terms "global warming" and "MAN MADE climate change" have become interchangable... thanks to the people MARKETING it.

For the mush-brained people who can't think for themselves, here's a primer:

"Global warming" has nothing to do with Algore. It's not really a "science," per se... it's a fucking thermometer reading... just like you and I do every day.

And although some other factors have changed over recent years, there's no fucking doubt there was quite a warming trend over the last couple of decades.

This isn't a "debate" -- it's a "fact."

It's also a "fact" that manmade "greenhouse gasses" (we used to have another term for "greenhouses gasses" -- we used to call it "the atmosphere") have continued to increase.

It's also a fact that the global temperature has been dropping like a fucking rock for about the last year... despite a slight increase in "manmade" CO2 emissions.

Yup, the Hot Air Brokers are upping their game of "ACT NOW OR ELSE!!!!!"

Because in a few short years, it will have become obvious to everyone that the "scientific community consensus" (that included a small minority of meteorologists) was the single largest scam ever perpetrated on the Human Race.

Can the activities of mankind æffect global climate? Most certainly.

Are they?

I'm fully comfortable saying "I don't know"... since there's absolutely NO reliable scientific evidence to support that.

Too bad the science-thieves can't do the same... but we're talking literally trillions of dollars to perpetrate outright falsehoods. That IPCC trick of usuing a computer model to fill in an unknown variable TO BE USED IN THE VERY SAME COMPUTER MODEL was a nice touch... COMPLETELY outside the bounds of any sort of reasonable scientific process, but it was certainly a cute trick.

Food for thought -- if the sun emits more radiation (like the kind that melts the icecaps on Mars at about the same rate as those on earth)... guess what? The icecaps have a tremendous amount of CO2 frozen in solution... and when it melts, take another big guess what happens?

Pointing to rising CO2 levels as concrete evidence of anthropogenic warming... FOR FUCKING PROFIT, OF COURSE... isn't "science" either -- it's a serious abuse of unknown cause/effect scenarios.

BTW-life on earth has always thrived the most during the warmest periods... there is that.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:48 pm

Toddowen wrote:However, I offset all gains on the greenhouse emissions front by heating my home with messy, filthy, ozone depleating coal.

I'm in the U&L -- firewood grows on trees 'round these parts.

Actually, it falls all over the ground this time of year.

And someone else even cuts and splits the endless free supply for me.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:55 pm

Dinsdale wrote:It's so cold in the P
I think I need an AM drink

What does Trev have to do with this?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:59 pm

BIG heat wave -- up to 26 in the bright sunshine.

While outside, a wind gust came that swept up most of the snow in the yard, and presumably deposited it somewhere in the Pacific.... along with most of the yard debris.

Some rippin-ass gusts coming through.

And apparently, the scientific process has led me to believe that low-20's is cold enough to freeze dirtyassed-been-wayyyy-too-long-since-changing bongwater.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:05 pm

What kind of bong do you prefer, Dins? Glass, plastic, 4-footer? Fruit? Hookah?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:09 pm

Glass body, glass bowl preferably.

Works well, and is easy to clean (sup Cascade dishwasher detergent).

Just don't leave it on the patio when temps are below 25, apparently.

BTW-I set my beer can (yup, someone left swill cans here, so I'll partake) down on the patio table for a few seconds -- it froze in place there.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:10 pm

You actually put a glass bong in a dishwasher? Back in my daze, I never would have thought of that.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:16 pm

No.

Rinse it out first. Wad up a chunk of paper towel and plug the carb, if so equipped. Put a couple of tablespoons of Cascade (HAS to be Cascade, with the "sheeting action" to work well) in the bong, and sprinkle a little bit in the bowl. Boil a pan of water on the stove, and fill the bong.

If it isn't too crusty, works in about 2 minutes. Repeat cleanings might be neccessary if the crust is especially thick.

YD · Post by YD » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:17 pm

All of my Dinsdales in Portland are freaking out.

Fukking funny. Its snowing here and it's 1 degree.

Dins, if you walked outside here, your nose would start gushing blood.

Fuck it. We're halfway through winter. Even if it's a shitslam for two months it's over after that.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:22 pm

YD wrote:All of my Dinsdales in Portland are freaking out.

Fukking funny. Its snowing here and it's 1 degree.

It's always fucking cold in winter in your goofy little burg.

You signed on for it.

Fuck it. We're halfway through winter. Even if it's a shitslam for two months it's over after that.

Silly me -- here I was thinking that it just started yesterday...

Oh, wait... it did.

But in about two months or so, it will indeed be warm again.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:23 pm

YD wrote:Its snowing here and it's 1 degree.

BTW-not a cloud in the sky here... the east wind took them all away.

EAD, Drysider.

YD · Post by YD » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:26 pm

Hey Have you been to that 80's arcade in the pearl/chinatown?

Ground Effect.

Fucking awesome. Every game has a beerholder and they have bottles and cans on ice. good times.

YD · Post by YD » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:30 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
YD wrote:All of my Dinsdales in Portland are freaking out.

Fukking funny. Its snowing here and it's 1 degree.

It's always fucking cold in winter in your goofy little burg.

Until Last week its been sunny and in the 60's. During the night it drops to 19, but you knew that. It's been a weird snow season. Meaning there hasn't been any snow until now.

Also I just went to a deecent micro mecca on the NE side. I think it was the Green Dragon or something. Cool place, even if it's a work in progress.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:37 pm

YD wrote:
Ground Effect.

Ground Kontrol in Old Town, Ground Effect in the Pearl... tomayyyto, tomahhhhto.

Never been. Have some friends who just about live there, though.

The hardest I've ever seen it snow in my life... I was in your town... in March (Early April?) last year. Couldn't see across the damn hiway. Dumped like 5 inches in 10 minutes... then, it was clear again.

Nice climate you got over there... not.

YD · Post by YD » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:46 pm

It was Ground Control. I rolled into town the night before a Duck game and all my Dinsdaleish buddies were all there. The fukking place is dialed except they had some ghey house dj pumping technocrap at earsplitting volume.

They should keep it real and spin the 80's new wave.

Went to Gartner's for the boneless beef and pork ribs, and the tailgate was off the hook. We had actual Dinsdales coming up to us asking if we were grilling Gartner's. Never underestimate the hightened senses of a drunk Portlander.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:43 pm

YD wrote:It was Ground Control.

I spotted you the spelling, yet you still manage to screw it up?

How very Bend of you.

Went to Gartner's for the boneless beef and pork ribs

Opposite corner of town from me, but I on an occasion do some grilling in the Northeastern reaches. Don't know where Gartner's gets their meat, but it fucking rocks.

I think that's where my buddy's mom comes up with the ridiculously good twice-baked potatoes, but that might be the butcher on Halsey... can't remember.

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:55 am

Some one already got off the global warming blast...yeah right...

I have been sitting here for about 40 minutes. Watch the sun set and the temp has dropped from a searing high of 25 degrees, to 20 degrees and the mother fucking wind is blowing 17.6 knots out of the east.

Before you East Coasters and Upper Midwest honks, tee off, I have to echo Dins take.

Give me back my modified marine temperate climate. Give me back the rain. I can work in the rain.

This shit happens this bad about every 5 years, last in 2003, but this one rivals '89..which was a late February thing. I plowed snow today..in Western fucking Oregon.

Kid calls me from Camp Lejeune today. 74 degrees and raining. Other kid e mails from Iraq..74 during the day, 25 at night..nice temp swing there.

Time to go home and drink Baileys on the rocks to warm up.